If you haven't heard the wailing and gnashing of teeth produced by Amy Chua, the most feared mother on the planet, please eject the eig...

'Twas another New York New Year's Celebration, just like last year.  Again, this doesn't mean we were in Times Square when that ...

Is it awesome? (And please, I've spoken before of the use of the word Awesome. I intend its use as the Lord our God intended it to be us...

Silver bells shouldn't make me cry.  Still, it's Christmas, so I'm allowed. Christmas.  My mom can be a little over the top wh...

Yesterday was Duane's last at the bookstore.  Good for him, bad for me.  He came back to Ye Olde Bookshoppe last December - to help out ...

We've been doing treasure hunts at home, the girls and I.  The hunts begin with a poem, and each stanza will have a little hint about wh...

At preschool pickup yesterday, Karen got to talking to one of the other moms.  This mom, like us, has an older daughter.  Hers is in third-g...